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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1937
Page
3
Judge White heard J. H. Eastman versus Meigs County Children's Home trustees over abolishing the superintendent post. Trustees cited law allowing changes in the best interests of the Home. Eastman claimed lack of good faith after Civil Service Commission reinstatement. The trial centers on whether trustees acted with proper authority.
Pomeroy social notes list visitors and guests in town including Mrs P L Clifton of Norfolk and Rev Betz formerly of Bethany Church. Town residents travel to Xenia Dayton and Ironton for visits and business while quilting bees and social clubs host gatherings with awards and refreshments.
Begin Organization of Household of Faith Mission started at a August 4 meeting in Happy Hollow. Eight members attended with Rev. Lewis Russell as pastor and officers including George McGuire Bur! Barton James E. Searles Della McGuire and A. J. Cobb. Plans to roof the church are to be discussed by a committee.
Former Oak Hill pupils and teachers will gather September 19 at the Oak Hill grounds in Chester Township to mark the school’s long history. Organizers include Claude Hayes and J W McCullough, who taught there in 1897 98. seating once limited to 64 prompted students to share desks. A planning meeting is set for August 15 at the Boy Scout Camp near Chester.
Hugh Davis calls a Rome pension a tower of Babel noting multilingual staff and guests. He mentions a German owner, diverse guests, a former Indiana University student, wholesome food, semitropical climate, siesta hours, and Rome's blend of ancient medieval and modern architecture with vibrant ecclesiastical garb.
The Middleport Recreation Center hosted a successful Special Event Day at Pythian Park under Mrs. Hattie Smith and Bradford Hudson. Girls Athletic Badge tests featured Margaret Lewis and Peggy Lewis receiving awards, followed by a 15 member school band concert and a firemen versus pick up ball game drawing local spectators.
Capt Billy Bryant's Showboat will move down the Ohio River and stop in Long Bottom Racine Pomeroy and Gallipolis next week. Lena Rivers headlines with six vaudeville acts and Clyde Dulles Sandy River Footwarmers Orchestra.
Foster Egner 43 died in Montgomery Alabama from acute dilation of the heart. A former editor of The Daily Tribune he later served as a feature writer for The Cincinnati Post. He is survived by wife Virginia Lewis Egner and children Norinne and James.
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